Last week was a hell of a week. Now that it’s over, this week I chill. Sitting around watching Cowboy Bebop; waiting for the October horror film fest on Scream and MPix and IFC and all those other weird uncensored-movie-showing channels. Relaxing for the week, until the need to seek out the next pay-check strikes again. I feel like I’m living the nomadic life, except for that whole moving deal. Having the free time, I started looking through various old…

I’ve seen it done on TV and in the movies for years, but until today I never tried it on my own. There never was a need. Not until today, when a bedroom door was inadvertently locked from the inside. MacGyver-like, I grabbed an expired credit card and used it to pry the door open. It was surprisingly easy. Note to self: “if paranoid, get deadbolt locks.” Check this one out. ABA Games, which I’ve mentioned here on many occasions,…

Hah. The Liberal party of Ontario is claiming endorsement from the Canadian Idol winner (I’m sold!) However, more importantly, Dalton has a blog. Now we can hear the leader of the provincial Liberals talk about his love for Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and we can finally get an answer to the all important question: “boxers or briefs?” I bet you never imagined boxers! … Seriously. This important message brought to you by a posting on Freddie.ca Interested by this, I…

In need of some quick cash, I got a very temporary job through an agency. However, this isn’t the point of this post. There, I laboured heavily with another guy as we unloaded 360 55kg tubs of chlorine. Let me tell you, I was feeling it the next morning. My lower back and my arm muscles felt like they were pumping acid. In a way, they were. So I’m thankful that it was a very temporary position, but I digress.…

Dungeons & Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture From Geek to Chic — book site with weblog. Browsing Gamasutra, I noticed this banner ad. The only words that come to mind are the acronymic “what the fuck!?” After posting this, I went back to Gamasutra and hit the ole F5 key a bunch of times. There is a whole damned series of these ads. The last one is my favourite.

Everyone’s second favourite NES cover band, the NESkimos, has a bunch of new tunes. An interesting take on Castlevania; the first guitarish version of Zelda III’s “Hyrule Castle” that I’ve heard; and, best of all, a solid version of F-Zero’s Big Blue. Strangely, the NESkimo version of “Big Blue” is better than all three(!) versions found in F-Zero GX. Better than the electronic/techno version heard during Chapter 4. Better than the remixed, guitar version that you can unlock. And definitely…

There’s some fucker out there sending spam with my domain as the FROM: address, so in the last twelve hours I’ve received about a hundred “Returned Mail: User Unknown” messages. And I’m still getting them. Spamming fucks. Shit like this makes me hate the internet. It’s not even the first time this happened. Anyway, hi. To quote: I’m sorry, but I’m just thinking of the right words to say.

A lot of sites are going the Google Ads route. In some cases, they’ve been doing it for months. Some are newer. As more sites pick up on this, I get more annoyed. The ads are fairly conspicuous, despite claims to the contrary, and they are often poorly targeted, mostly showing the same dozen ads over and over again. I often don’t take such drastic measures, as I can’t be arsed, but I made an exception in this case. Open…